[simpits-tech] SimKits

[Sean Galbraith]

I *love* simkits' "multi-controller"... I have been playing around 
with a "ball" type ADI, ASI, flap gauge and trim gauge... some for 
the TA-4 Sim, others, well, coz I can :)

Only thing that bugs me about them is that if you stop the software, 
then re-start it the gauges dont work.  You need to disconnect the 
USB, then re-connect it before it all fires up ok.. Which is normally 
fine, but a real pain when you are experimenting (read "playing") 
with the board, and software.
Shame there is no SDK for the multi-controller, only for the CCU 
(which I am not planning on getting, as all the functions I need for 
the Skyhawk can be handled by the multi-controller)
Be nice if we could talk to it directly and not rely on the TRC software...

You know its not that long ago that working gauges in a sim was like 
the holy grail, yet now it is so totally achievable.  I am having a 
ball making gauges, to the point where I think I have all the servos 
out of all my old RC gliders and racecars :)

SeanG

At 11:12 a.m. 14/04/2007, you wrote:
>On Fri, 13 Apr 2007, Justin Messenger wrote:
>
>
>The simkits are luvverly toys, a pricey way to build a cockpit though.
>
>I use only one servo in the J41 cockpit for the flap position indicator
>and I find that quite noisy - how's a bunch of the things !?
>
>
> >
> > >
> > > Hello all, I thought Id share this email I sent to
> > > someone else.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I hope to place a couple of simkits in the Captains
> > > panel today. Ill have to modify the panel a bit in
> > > order to get the Simkits to fit perfectly in the
> > > holes.
> > >
> > > The main issue with the simkits CCU2 is it is
> > > obviously designed for a C-172 so it is limited if
> > > you
> > > want to run more of the complex instruments
> > > (Altimeter, attitude indicator, VOR) than what you
> > > find in a C-172 cockpit. In other words it will ony
> > > run ONE attitude indictor, ONE HSI, and ONE
> > > altimeter.
> > > That is not a good thing with a airliner like the
> > > DC-8! I dont know that you can run more than one
> > > CCU2
> > > at a time either.
> > >
> > > Anthony is running duplicate servos on the same VOR1
> > > output from the CCU2 to run the VOR needles in both
> > > the main Horizon instrument and in a smaller standby
> > > 2
> > > inch gauge, he's using one servo for each needle
> > > moving slider pots to drive both of these. This is
> > > one
> > > way to run multiple complex guages that require the
> > > CCU2.
> > >
> > > He also has a Simkits altimeter and a heading
> > > indicator which he modified with syncros so he can
> > > run
> > > his real F-4  Phantom altimeter and HSI instruments.
> > >
> > > The good news is there is no limit to the number of
> > > instruments that run from the SimKits multi
> > > controller
> > > rather than the CCU, So there is no problem at all
> > > with, say,  running eight or 12 engine instruments,
> > > or
> > > multiple verticle speed or airspeed indicators.
> > >
> > > Anthony just buys servos for the multi controller
> > > and
> > > hooks the servos up to his real F-4 Phantom
> > > instruments that are simple, like RPM or exaust
> > > temp.
> > >
> > >
> > > Justin
> >
> >
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